PICTURES Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, PICTURES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prying Into Chinese Tyrants' Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets Act or the PICTURES Act.
- Section idaa6a2f4255fc4650ab9021cda4a8ef92: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operates as an opaque, authoritarian regime in which political power is...
- Section ida44ae06924e94befbe7d530a35a2d2c9: 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the effectiveness and credibility of intelligence reporting on sensitive subjects, including the wealth...
- Section idb2ba68f311544eeca3b7c4d87435d87b: 4. Report on the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later...
- Section idb2c39a1bcbfa400dbd2e9efb914cfc95: 5. Intelligence community defined In this Act, the term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, PICTURES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Defense, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, PICTURES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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